Before he left, Tagliabue asked Tom Keller, the project manager for Brazos Urethane, Inc. who oversaw the recently completed $32 million roof replacement, for his yellow hard hat, featuring Saints and Green Bay Packers logos. Tagliabue said he plans to include it in an exhibit at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio commemorating the stadium renovation.

Okay, you win extra brownie points in my book. They’d be kheer/paayasam points, but I don’t know how to make that. I am, however, a big fan of some rice pudding recipes, and the addition of cardomom and pistachios sounds enchanting.

By the way (there’s no contest — I’m sure you’d win), I want to again express my hope to have a blogger iron chef party. My first thought for an ingredient was, in fact, cardomom!